Reminiscences of Gov. R.J. Walker; with the True Story of the Rescue of Kansas from Slavery.
Westport, CT: Negro Universities Press, 1970. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth. 204pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine. Facsimile reprint. More
Black History
An Historical Sketch of the Early Movement in Illinois for the Legalization of Slavery, Read at the Annual Meeting of the Chicago Historical Society, December 5th, 1864.
Chicago: Fergus Printing Company, 1876. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff salmon wrappers. 31pp. Partly uncut. Very good. Chip at upper left corner of front wrapper and a tad rough cut along top edge; partly uncut. Tight and nice first edition of this address by the attorney, anti-slavery advocate and friend of Lincoln..... More
Archibald Grimke: Portrait of a Black Independent.
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1993. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 269pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Handsome first edition of this volume in editor William J. Cooper Jr.'s "Southern Biography Series." More
Our Common Ground.
New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1994. Paperback. Introduction by John Edgar Wideman. Oblong small 8vo. Stiff glazed wrappers. 256pp. Illustrations (some color). Near fine. Tight, nice first paperback edition of this volume that the front wrapper subtitles "Portraits of Blacks Changing the Face of America," handsomely inscribed and signed by..... More
Mythic Black Fiction: The Transformation of History.
Knoxville, TN: The University of Tennessee Press, [1976]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xviii, 180pp. Fine. Tight ands handsome first paperback edition of this 1987 study -- this copy boldly signed by Campbell in black ballpoint on the half-title page, where she adds "Best regards." More
Adventures of an African Slaver: Being a True Account of the Life of Captain Theodore Canot, Trader in Gold, Ivory & Slaves on the Coast of Guinea: His Story as told in the Year 1854 to Brantz Mayer.
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Co., n.y. Hardcover. Edited and with introduction by Malcolm Cowley. Illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. xxi, 376pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine. Tight, attractive reprint edition of the 1928 Albert & Boni edition of this classic slave-trading narrative, first published..... More
The Black Military Experience in the American West.
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, [1971]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. xxv, 591pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight and attractive first edition of this hefty survey, with chapters covering the black regiments (9th and 10th Cavalry, 24th and 25th Infantry)..... More
In Their Footsteps: The American Visions Guide to African-American Heritage Sites.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1994]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xxiv, 584pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, maps. Near fine/near fine. A tight, quite handsome first edition of this state-by-state guide through African-American historical sites. More
God Against Slavery: And the Freedom and Duty of the Pulpit to Rebuke It, as a Sin Against God.
New York: Negro Universities Press, [1969]. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. viii, 272pp. Fine. Facsimile of the 1857 Joseph H. Ladd first edition. More
Stories, Novels, & Essays: The Conjure Woman, The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, The House Behind the Cedars, The Marrow of Tradition, Uncollected Stories, Selected Essays.
New York: The Library of America, [2002]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, slipcase. x, 939pp. Decorative endpapers, sewn-in green silk page marker. Fine/fine. Tight and pristine first edition of this 131st volume in the oiutstanding "Library of America" series. Chesnutt (1858-1932) was apparently 7/8ths white, but identified..... More
History of the Republican Party in Illinois 1854-1912 with a Review of the Aggressions of the Slave-Power.
Rockford: Press of Wilson Brothers Company, [1912]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. xiii, 248pp. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece, 10 full-page plates. Very good. Inoffensive stain to upper outer corner of several leaves; ownership inkstamp on front pastedown and flyleaf. A tight and attractive first edition. Rather uncommon..... More
History of the Republican Party in Illinois 1854-1912 with a Review of the Aggressions of the Slave-Power.
Rockford: Press of Wilson Brothers Company, [1912]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. xiii, 248pp. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece, 10 full-page plates. Very good. Faint edgewear (mainly head of spine), else tight and internally near fine. Tight, quite nice first edition of this uncommon title. More
Slavery's End in Tennessee, 1861-1865.
University, AL: The University of Alabama Press, [1985]. Hardcover. 8vo. Rust-colored cloth, dust jacket. x, 191pp. Map, figures, tables. Fine/fine. Perfectly tight and pristine first edition. More
Just Permanent Interests: Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1991.
New York: Amistad Press, 1992. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine and blue paper over boards, dust jacket. xv, 412pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. First edition, tight and handsome, bearing the usual AUTOPEN inscription and signature on half-title page ("Still fighting for / our permanent interests / Bill") -- often..... More
The Sable Arm: Black Troops in the Union Army, 1861-1865.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1966. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. (8pp), 337pp. Very good. Very slightest bit of faint edgewear; bookshop name/address neatly inkstamped in red on onside front wrapper. Overall a tight, quite attractive first of this paperback edition of this 1956 classic account --..... More
The Sable Arm: Black Troops in the Union Army, 1861-1865.
N.p. University Press of Kansas, [1987]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xviii, 342pp. Fine. Tight, quite pristine later paperback printing of this 1956 classic account. More
Black Children, White Dreams.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974. Hardcover. Foreword by Senator Walter F. Mondale. 8vo. Black cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 187pp. Near fine/very good. Mildest bit of jacket edgewear. First edition -- tight, clean and attractive. "...Cottle records the daily lives of several black children and their families living in a northern..... More
Lincoln and Black Freedom: A Study in Presidential Leadership.
Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, [1994]. Paperback. Foreword by James M. McPherson. 8vo. xvii, 254pp. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. Very good. Would rate "Near fine" but for inoffensive ding at lower right. First paperback edition of this 1981 study, tight and attractive. More
Lincoln and Black Freedom: A Study in Presidential Leadership.
Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, [1994]. Paperback. Foreword by James M. McPherson. 8vo. xvii, 254pp. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. Near fine. A tight and quite nice first paperback edition of this 1981 study. More
Speech Delivered in Faneuil Hall, Boston, October 27, 1857, Also, Speech Delivered in City Hall, Newburyport, October 31, 1857.
Boston: Office of the Boston Post, 1857. Paperback. Small 4to. Wrappers. 48pp. Very good. Mild age toning. The noted statesman (1800-79), who at this time had just completed a term as U.S. attorney general and joined the Massachusetts legislature, discusses his temperate antislavery views. First edition. Sabin 18095 note. More
Thank God My Regiment an African One: The Civil War Diary of Colonel Nathan W. Daniels.
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, [1998]. Hardcover. Edited by C.P. Weaver. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxvii, 214pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, map. Fine/fine. Superbly tight and handsome first edition. Daniels served with the Louisiana Native Guards. More
Life Is So Good.
New York: Random House, [2000]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. ix, 260pp. Near fine/fine. Nonauthorial gift inscription on front flyleaf. A pristine, tight first edition of this African-American Texas centenarian's memoir. More
A Season for Justice: The Life and Times of Civil Rights Lawyer Morris Dees.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991. Hardcover. With Steve Fiffer. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and brown paper over boards, dust jacket. 353pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. First edition, tight and handsome, bearing a fine inscription and signature from the author in blue fineline on the front flyleaf: "5/29/91 /..... More
A Season for Justice: The Life and Times of Civil Rights Lawyer Morris Dees.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991. Hardcover. With Steve Fiffer. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and brown paper over boards, dust jacket. 353pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. First edition, tight and handsome, with a bookplate on the front flyleaf bearing the printed message "In Grateful Appreciation to Ms. Janine Biskind..... More
The History of African-Americans in the Military.
Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 1991. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. x, 182pp. Illustrations. Very good. Mild wear to outer wrappers (only), else internally fine. A tight, attractive second printing. More